A recent academic study confirms what many conservative Catholics have said for decades: that traditional liturgical practices have a positive impact on one’s faith, especially belief in the Real Presence of Our Lord.
“Church leaders may be able to promote Real Presence belief by encouraging embodied liturgical practices that convey reverence for the Eucharist,” the paper finds. “The current data support reintroducing reception on the tongue, encouraging consecration bell use, and allowing the celebration of the [Traditional Latin Mass].”
Dr. Natalie Lindemann at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, published her findings in the Catholic Social Science Review, an academic journal run by the Society of Catholic Social Scientists (SCSS), which was founded in 1992 by Franciscan University political science professor Stephen Krason.
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Lindemann’s report comes one year after she published a similar article for the SCSS titled “Parish Practices Predict Belief in the Real Presence: Adoration, Genuflection, and the Traditional Latin Mass.” In that report, she concluded that “Catholics may be more likely to believe in the Real Presence if their parish offers Eucharistic Adoration, if parishioners witness others genuflecting frequently, and if consecration bells are rung during the Mass.”
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